Frida's Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Author: Marie Pierre Colle, Guadalupe Rivera
Frida's Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo Description
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5972
EAN: 9780517592359
ISBN: 0517592355
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 224
Publication Date: 1994-09-20
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Product Release Date: 1994-09-20
Studio: Clarkson Potter
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5972
EAN: 9780517592359
ISBN: 0517592355
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 224
Publication Date: 1994-09-20
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Product Release Date: 1994-09-20
Studio: Clarkson Potter
Editorial Review of Frida's Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo
In the tradition of the best-selling Monet's Table, Frida's Fiestas is a personal account in words and pictures of many important and happy events in the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, and a scrapbook, assembled by her stepdaughter, of recipes for more than 100 dishes that Frida served to family and friends with her characteristic enthusiasm for all the pleasures of life.Full-color photographs.
Customer Reviews of Frida's Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo
Customer Rating: 
Review Summary: Food for the eyes
Review: Great Book! Great pictures, great recepies, well written and it is dedicated to a great woman.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Beautiful, interesting book
Review: This book might not be perfectly edited, but it is beautiful just to page through and the recipes and clippings are very interesting.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Frida's Fiesta's
Review: Great history and stories re: Frida and Diego, fabulous pictures of their kitchen, great pictures of traditional mexican cookware. Education re: holiday's and special occasions Frida and Diego celebrated.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Frida's Fiestas
Review: This is a fascinating book with gorgeous photographs of fiestas which would have been prepared by Frida for parties at home in Mexico. We all know that Frida was an extraordinary artist, but it's quite an eye-opener to find out that she was also an outstanding cook!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Lovely book, recipes need an editor.
Review: Since everyone has raved about this book, perhaps I'm looking at an old edition (1994). I agree that the photos are beautiful and the stories wonderful, but in the version of the book I have the instructions for the recipes are in the wrong order. For example, for Chiles en Nogada, the first sentence of the recipe's instructions are "Rinse the chiles and pat them dry. Spoon some of the filling inside each one..." Well, you have to go down the the second to last paragraph to get the instructions for making the filling. Obviously, the recipe should first tell you how to make the filling. Also in this recipes, it tells you to pour the walnut sauce over the chiles, BEFORE it tells you how to make the walnut sauce.
I have published a cookbook and these type of errors mean one thing: an editor who has not read the recipes and thought them through! (Much less tried to follow the recipes.) I noticed that in several of the recipes I've used, I have, with my editing pen, moved paragraphs around with arrows so that the instructions are in the right order.
Review Summary: Food for the eyes
Review: Great Book! Great pictures, great recepies, well written and it is dedicated to a great woman.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Beautiful, interesting book
Review: This book might not be perfectly edited, but it is beautiful just to page through and the recipes and clippings are very interesting.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Frida's Fiesta's
Review: Great history and stories re: Frida and Diego, fabulous pictures of their kitchen, great pictures of traditional mexican cookware. Education re: holiday's and special occasions Frida and Diego celebrated.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Frida's Fiestas
Review: This is a fascinating book with gorgeous photographs of fiestas which would have been prepared by Frida for parties at home in Mexico. We all know that Frida was an extraordinary artist, but it's quite an eye-opener to find out that she was also an outstanding cook!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Lovely book, recipes need an editor.
Review: Since everyone has raved about this book, perhaps I'm looking at an old edition (1994). I agree that the photos are beautiful and the stories wonderful, but in the version of the book I have the instructions for the recipes are in the wrong order. For example, for Chiles en Nogada, the first sentence of the recipe's instructions are "Rinse the chiles and pat them dry. Spoon some of the filling inside each one..." Well, you have to go down the the second to last paragraph to get the instructions for making the filling. Obviously, the recipe should first tell you how to make the filling. Also in this recipes, it tells you to pour the walnut sauce over the chiles, BEFORE it tells you how to make the walnut sauce.
I have published a cookbook and these type of errors mean one thing: an editor who has not read the recipes and thought them through! (Much less tried to follow the recipes.) I noticed that in several of the recipes I've used, I have, with my editing pen, moved paragraphs around with arrows so that the instructions are in the right order.